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Anti-warming columnist has little to go on

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I respond to the Saturday op-ed column “Growing ice caps add fuel to
case against global warming” by Cal Thomas. I searched Thomas' background and found nothing to
indicate he has any scientific training or education.

But the hypothesis that global warming is being driven by the actions of people, and that
further warming is very probable, is backed by an astonishingly large body of evidence, and is
nearly universally accepted by scientists in the field.

Thomas could have contacted any of hundreds of scientists in universities or government if he
wanted to learn more. Evidently he did no such thing, but instead, cherry-picked statements from
non-scientists and news reports to form his conclusions.

Yet he referred to “junk science coming out of climate-research circles today.” Thomas has
nothing credible to say on the topic.